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Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-987520)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 271029

Synopsis

The Unity Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-987520 advisory.

 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

 drm/imx: Fix memory leak in imx_pd_connector_get_modes

 Avoid leaking the display mode variable if of_get_drm_display_mode fails.

 Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1443943 (Resource leak)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected kernel package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?d5aad3ef

http://www.nessus.org/u?e646f924

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49091

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 271029

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2025-987520.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 10/21/2025

Updated: 10/21/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-49091

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/UOS-Server/release, Host/UOS-Server/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/26/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-49091